Preached by Chris Broom, 5/4/2008
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JC Sbraccia (3rd from left) gets baptized.
Building a Great Church, part 11 - On Trial - Outline
Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 05/04/08
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Por la boca muere el pez
Todos fallamos mucho! Y con lo que fallamos principalmente es con la lengua.
Una persona perfecta controlaria su lengua, como la lengua es tan difícil de controlar, cualquiera que la controle perfectamente, tiene también el dominio de su propia persona en los demás aspectos de la vida.
Preached by Ted Williams, 4/27/2008
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Brittany Parlour and Ted Williams Worshiping God
How to Worship God Outline
This lesson teaches you how to worship God with all your heart, with a special bonus song “Hallelujah” at the end.
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Preached by Chris Broom, 4/27/2008
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Jay Shelbrack and his family celebrate as Barb’s mom (and our sister) Irene visits the Chicago Church.
Building a Great Church, part 10 - World Missions - Outline
For the first twelve chapters of Acts, we see Peter and the beginnings of the Church in the Holy Land. Acts 13-28 shows us Paul and the expansion of the Church from Antioch to Rome. We rejoice at all the incredible miracles that happened in the first century, but in order to see miracles in our day, we must understand the amount of sacrifice it took for our early brothers and sisters to evangelize the world in their day. We will never see Bible results without Bible effort.
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Preached by Chris Broom, 4/20/2008
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O’Donnells and Adams Visit Chicago and Strengthen the Church
Building a Great Church, part 9 - Third Missionary Journey - Outline
We were incredibly encouraged to have Chris and Kerri-Sue Adams, Mike and Pam O’Donnell and their children with us if only for a brief stay. These two couples have been so dear to Theresa and I over the past decade. They have been at the core of the building of a great church in Syracuse as well as the effort to plant our church here in Chicago, and God-willing, the DC planting this summer.
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Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 04/20/08
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Alex Banales (3o. de la izq) fue bautizado en el Ministerio Latino
Decisiones de vida o muerte
Santiago 1:1-8
Enfrentarnos a pruebas nos debe de dar gusto, es lo que nos va a hacer crecer en nuestra fe y esto va a producir constancia y la constancia nos va a ayudar a terminar la obra que comenzamos para lograr ser íntegros sin que nos falte nada.
Si nos falta sabiduría Dios nos la dará, pero tenemos que pedir con fe, sin dudar. Las personas faltas de fe son indecisas e inconstantes. Con Dios no podemos ser así, necesitamos entregar nuestro corazón y hacer las cosas, ser personas responsables, ir siempre hacia delante, con determinación y con seguridad.
Jesús les dijo a los saduceos: “Ustedes andan equivocados por que desconocen las escrituras y el poder de dios.” Mateo 22:29
Si no conoces las escrituras, es obvio que desconoces el poder de Dios.
Preached by Pam Boea, Brittany Parlour, Betty Garcia, Theresa Broom and main speaker Helen Sullivan, 4/5/2008
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Betty Garcia, Theresa Broom, Helen Sullivan, Brittany Parlour and Pam Boea spoke at Women’s Day 2008
Women’s Day, The Real Secret - Outline
The first annual CICC Women’s Day was an enormous success with over 100 in attendance. The morning began with a beautiful breakfast assortment and sharing by Pam Boea (Southeast Regional Leader), Brittany Parlour (UIC campus student) and Betty Garcia (Spanish Ministry).
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Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 04/13/08
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Tricia Overhaug (2a de la der.) fue bautizada en el Ministerio Latino
3000 millas para empezar de nuevo
Cuando Tricia estudio la Biblia y se dio cuenta que su salvación estaba comprometida por las falsas doctrinas que había aprendido en otra iglesia, su reacción fue de coraje, de frustración, de arrepentimiento y sumisión total a Dios cuando fue enfrentada a la Biblia. Tricia dijo después de un devocional el Viernes por la noche después de analizar las escrituras “Yo no me voy de esta casa hasta que no este Bautizada”. Y ella despues de estudiar hasta las 4:30 am fue bautizada y agregada al reino de Dios.
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Acompáñenos a un encuentro poderoso en la palabra de Dios con el evangelista latino de la Iglesia Cristiana Internacional “City of Angels” de los Ángeles California Víctor González y su esposa Sonia González.
Todas las clases serán en español.
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Preached by Chris Broom, 4/6/2008
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Anthony and Elizabeth Eckels, pictured with their sons, recently moved to Orlando to the plant the Orlando International Christian Church (see the report on their new website www.orlandoicc.org)
Building a Great Church, part 8 - Second Missionary Journey - Outline
I was listening to a Christian radio station last week and heard a woman that called in to play a Bible trivia game. She was asked to name the four gospels in a multiple choice format.
Sadly, she picked #2.
We live in a world that is biblically illiterate. Even among those that fill churches every week, people just don’t study the Word of God. I feel so bad for this woman and all who have been told that they are saved by just praying a prayer, and yet they don’t know the basic teachings of Jesus much less the names of the four gospels. It is so important to know the Bible because it is our guide in this world and our treasure map to the next. I hope you are encouraged and challenged by this week’s sermon (you will find the audio above and the notes below).
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Preached by Chris Broom, 3/30/2008
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Disciples and their families at the Washington DC Mission Team Retreat
Building a Great Church, part 7 - First Missionary Journey - Outline
Theresa and I had the privilege of joining Andrew and Patrique Smellie and the Washington DC mission team for an incredible missionary journey as we gathered for their church planting retreat which was held on the weekend of March 16, 2008 (see report on LA website). Upon our arrival in Washington, I was overwhelmed with a flood of memories. It was exactly two years earlier that we had met in Chicago with the dream to plant a church of sold-out disciples there. God has blessed us incredibly as we have now grown to 90 members in Chicago. It is a very diverse group and we are confident that God is going to use even us, the worst of sinners, to make disciples of all nations here in the Midwest.
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Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 03/23/08
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“La Via Dolorosa” Betty Garcia
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Hasta la Muerte!
El día de hoy es especial, el día de hoy vamos a recordar el evento más importante en la historia del mundo, el acontecimiento que transformo la historia de la humanidad,
la muerte y resurrección de Jesucristo.
El más grande mandamiento les doy que se amen los unos a los otros. Así como yo los he amado… hasta la muerte, a dar mi vida por ti. (Juan 13:34-35)
A conversion poem by Amy Drew
Tear Stained Pillowcase
mascara smudges and pink flowers
mixed with hours & hours
of what seemed like a bad trip
as I slipped between
fits and spits of muttering madness.
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Preached by Chris Broom, 3/23/2008
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Resurrection of the Dead - Outline
Today, we really need to wrestle with Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 15:2 where he says, “By it (the gospel) you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise you have believed in vain.”
We are in danger of believing in vain if we don’t…
I hope you will take the time to listen to this lesson and that by doing so you will be inspired to put all your hope in the resurrection of the dead.
Chris Broom
Tiffani Harris (second from left) is Restored to the Lord
Just as a woman turning her life around for God is the theme of the below letter, women from all over the Midwest are invited to turn their life around at our Women’s Day event April 5th, 2008.
Dear God,
Here I am again, knocking at your door, knowing you will answer. It amazes me, the depth of your love and mercy. How great a God you are and how blessed am I to be called your daughter. How undeserving.
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